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Association of vitamin D receptor Taq I polymorphism and susceptibility to oral squamous cell carcinoma.
In vivo (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Bektas-Kayhan Kivanç, Unür Meral, Yaylim-Eraltan Ilhan, Ergen H Arzu, Toptas Bahar, Hafiz Günter, Karadeniz Ahmet, Isbir Turgay
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BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesised that vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms may influence both the risk of cancer occurrence and prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The distribution of VDR Taq I polymorphism in 64 patients with OSCC was determined by polymerase chain reaction based restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and compared with that of 87 healthy controls. RESULTS: There was a...
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